Freeheld

Ocean County, New Jersey Detective Lieutenant Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore) is diagnosed with terminal cancer. She shares her life with her loving partner Stacie (Ellen Page) a car mechanic who is much younger than her. Laurel fearing for Stacie’s future sought to leave all her benefits to her, only to be blocked by the county’s governing body of Freeholders. With the help of an LGBT activist Steven (Carell) together they fight to have Laurel’s pension benefits passed on to Stacie. Based on a true story set between 2002 and 2006, FREEHELD is simply a beautiful love story. It’s about a loving partnership that in the eyes of law isn’t seen as equals. These unlikely heroes are thrown into a political battle to fight for all the couples after them.